Although there were over 80 initiatives that were submitted to the Attorney General for possible circulation, only eight have collected enough signatures to appear on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s November 8 special election ballot. The first […]

Jimmy Carter thinks the way its set up Is nothing short of insanity (Maybe Bush was trying to establish A habitat for inhumanity.)

There’s a housing price “bubble” and it could burst at any time, some so-called financial experts have been saying for the last two years. But home and condominium prices keep climbing in California. When interest […]

Welcomes Shriver’s efforts To the editor: I’m glad that Bobby Shriver is shaking up“City Staff” in his efforts to find dynamic solutionsto real problems. I hadexperience with those bodiesin 2003-2004 when City Staff tried to […]

They will come. Well, maybe. As you’ve probably read elsewhere, these are daunting times for the corporate giant General Motors. At some levels, its financing arm is doing better than its car divisions. Nobody is […]

Medical Marijuana How about this for a brilliant political move? President Bush introduces legislation that approves the use of medical marijuana and, while he’s at it, allows for the cultivation of hemp. This move would […]

Everyone who subscribes to Adelphia Cable has seen its plethora of pitches for its multitude of services. Sign with us, they say, and we’ll give you the world – on line, on the cable – […]

City staff and Council members speak often and enthusiastically of Santa Monica’s successful “sustainable city” programs, and, as if to ratify their enthusiasm, on June 2, Santa Monica was named American’s fifth most “sustainable city” […]

Two Santa Monica High School teachers, Teri Jones and Anita Kemp, are among 15 educators from across the country to receive 2005 Leavey Awards for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education, sponsored by the Freedoms Foundation […]

More than 700 locals turned out last Tuesday for a free BBQ on Main Street. The neighborhood gathering was organized by the year-old Ocean Park Association (OPA) and paid for and hosted by The Victorian […]